LISTSERV HPO (High Performance Option) Annual Maintenance and Support on Windows x2

Sole-Source Notice List-Serv High Performance Option (HPO) maintenance and support on Windows x2 It is the intent of the Center for Information Technology (CIT) on behalf of the NIH, Unified Communications & Collaboration Services (UCCS), to award a sole source procurement to L-Soft International for the continued acquisition of commercially available critical ongoing List-Serv High Performance Option (HPO) annual maintenance and support on Windows x 2. List-Serv is an application that distributes messages to subscribers on an electronic mailing list. The software allows a sender to send one email to the list, and then transparently sends it on to the addresses of the subscribers to the list. The sole source Purchase Order will provide continued assistance to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in complying as best practice with the federal requirements of electronic messages distribution. Continued use of List-Serv application support will enable NIH to meet its List-Serv High Performance Option (HPO) Maintenance Support, in compliance with guidance established by NIH. The objective of the purchase order (PO) is to acquire continued annual List-Serv application support, that integrates, standardizes, and enables NIH to meet the complex and evolving requirements of messages distribution. L-Soft International, has been providing maintenance support services to NIH as a prime contractor on a non-competitive basis under contract number 75N97021P00075 which expires 06/30/2022. NIH has a significant need for HPO to finalize its L-Soft software maintenance support without an interruption in service that may impact the NIH mission. L-Soft International, Inc. has been determined to be the only known source that can fulfill this requirement by providing all the functions needed to support the mission of NIH. L-Soft has proprietary rights to this software as they are the developers and publishers of the List-Serv software, and they are the sole source provider for List-Serv maintenance and support. The L-Soft Software has been significantly integrated into the current day to day NIH Communications and continues to provide NIH subscribers with the most effective mass email distribution and archiving solution. The sole source PO will consist of an “estimated” twelve (12) month Base Year plus two (2) Option Years. Base Year must start on 07/01/2022 – 06/30/2023. This is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) pre-solicitation notice. Companies interested in responding to this notice of pre-solicitation award must submit their capabilities and product meeting the specification stated above. Interested parties must submit information to the following point of contact: Mr. Mohamed Abdelghany, Contract Specialist. [email protected] Electronic responses are excepted. Questions and additional information must be submitted via email messages. Phone calls are not acceptable.